DiabetesSistersVoices is an online community for women living with diabetes, pre-diabetes or known to be at risk for to ask questions, share experiences and search for resources. Our goal is to provide you with a forum to talk about your health and health care needs. The voices from this community have been helping researchers to better understand what health topics are most important to women living with or at risk for diabetes and guide priorities for research on management, treatment, health services and prevention of diabetes across all phases of life - young adulthood to pregnancy to menopause to the elder years.

I am so excited.. got my A1C back today and it was 6.5%!!! I was diagnosed about a year and a half ago and it feels amazing to see my hard work paying off. I'm also considering pregnancy soon and this seems like a pretty darn good A1C to start at!

That's fantastic! I got pregnant on accident (Yes, I know how it happens) and I was scared to death. But I was a healthier diabetic while pregnant than not. I also learned that, though my A1c was in the low 6 range, it was false since I was experiencing a lot of lows. My last A1c was 7.2 but overall my control is better. I've been diagnosed since 1999 and I'm still learning!

Thanks everyone!! So great to have a supportive group... and really the biggest thing I did to help was wait for my insulin to kick in! I watch my CGM until the arrow starts to go down slightly...and then eat! Helps so much for those after-meal highs!